availableall_members7721http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cracking-the-koala-code-full-episode/7721/2229499428cove7721Cracking the Koala CodeLearn what’s necessary to support a population of koalas by cracking the koala code.From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupial2012-05-15 21:00publish2022-05-15 23:59:00May 15, 2022disabledshowfalse7715A Battle for TerritoryA fight erupts between two koalas after one of the males invades the other's territory.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cracking-the-koala-code-video-a-battle-for-territory/7715/2012-05-16 21:00http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/files/2014/09/Mezzanine_048-480x270.jpg2233252053cove7709A Koala Roams the SuburbsA male koala wanders into the Australian suburbs in search of a mate to produce offspring.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/cracking-the-koala-code-video-a-koala-roams-the-suburbs/7709/2012-05-16 21:00http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/files/2014/09/Mezzanine_173-480x270.jpg2233079243cove

Cracking the Koala Code

Full Episode

Watch the full documentary Cracking the Koala Code here on the PBS Nature web site.

Follow individual koalas from a small social group on an Australian island to learn just how a koala manages to survive and thrive on a diet poisonous to almost all other herbivorous mammals. From the miracle of marsupial birth to tender moments of discovery between mother and newborn joey, encounters with threatening forest creatures, battles between rival males and the complex chorus of bellows and grunts that have become so important to science — join leading scientists as they unravel just what a forest needs to support a healthy population of koalas by listening to these marsupials themselves and cracking the koala code. Buy the DVD. This episode premiered May 16, 2012. (Video limited to US & Territories).